The police
in Lagos State have commenced investigation into how a nine-year-old girl died,
after sustaining injuries caused by alleged consistent rape. According to
police authorities, a 14-year-old student, Onyi Adimabua, in the Ikorodu area
of the state, raped the deceased over five times.
The father
of the deceased, Simeon Jigo, told PUNCH that Onyi is the son of the
proprietor of the school his daughter attended. He said his daughter opened up
about the rape when she started having medical problems. The 77-year-old man
said his daughter died on October 3, 2013.
The
indigene of Ondo State said that after initial treatments, he took his daughter
to Arogbo in Ondo State to be taken care of but her condition continued to
deteriorate.
A few days
after the troubled father travelled to Ondo State, Onyi, accompanied by his
parents, also travelled to Ondo State, to apologise to Jigo’s family. The girl,
however, was said to have died that very day.
“On
getting to the house where my daughter was, we discovered that she was dead.
Onyi confessed that he had been raping my daughter prior to her death,’ Jigo
said.
It is learnt that after the
girl’s demise, irate youths in the area attempted to lynch the 14-year-old boy.
The bereaved father was said to have intervened and reported the matter to a
nearby police station, where the teenager was held for safe keeping. The next
morning, Onyi and his parents travelled back to Lagos.
The
alleged rapist’s parents, in company with a chief in Ikorodu, reportedly
visited Jigo when he returned to Lagos. The group were said to have pleaded
that the bereaved father should not pursue the case but he refused.
It was
however learnt that Onyi had been taken to his father’s hometown in Delta State
thereby stalling police investigation.
The
teenager’s parents however described the incident as the handiwork of the
devil.
The
14-year-old boy’s father, Andrew Adimabua, said, “I trained that boy in the way
of the Lord and expected so much from him. He has confessed to the act; there
is nothing to hide. He told me that he learnt about sex by watching blue
(pornographic) films.
“We are
not hiding him and we will cooperate with the police. On the day the little
girl died, he was beaten up and made to stay in the rain for hours. As a
result, he contracted pneumonia so we sent him home for treatment. When he
recovers, he’ll be taken to the police for questioning.”
Police
Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, who confirmed the incident to our
correspondent on the telephone, expressed shock at the development.
Braide
said Onyi would be re-arrested in the course of investigation.
“It is appalling that a teenager could indulge in such act. The
matter is under investigation and the culprit will be re-arrested.”
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